And with gracious words and high,
Bade me look beyond the sky,
To the Glory throned above,
To th' eternal Light and Love.

Many years have blossomed by:
Far and far from childhood I;
Yet its sunrays on me fall,
Here among my children all.

So among my babes I go,
Singing high and singing low;
Striving for the silver tone
Which my memory holds alone.

If I chant my little lays
Tunefully, be yours the praise;
If I fail, 'tis I must rue
Not t' have closelier followed you.

CONTENTS.

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[Dedication.]5
[In My Nursery.]9
[The Baby's Future.]10
[Baby's Hand.]12
[The First Tooth.]14
[Johnny's By-low Song.]15
[Baby's Valentine.]17
[The Rain.]18
[The Ballad of the Fairy Spoon.]19
[Song Of The Little Winds.]24
[Good-night Song.]25
[Another "Good-night."]26
["A Bee Came Tumbling"]26
[Jingle.]27
[Little Old Baby.]28
[Baby's Journey.]28
[The Bumblebee.]29
[The Owl And The Eel And The Warming-pan.]30
[Young (One)'s Night Thoughts.]31
[Little Sunbeam.]32
[Baby's Belongings.]34
[Infantry Tactics.]35
[Baby Bo.]36
[The Difference.]37
[Little John Bottlejohn.]38
[Jemima Brown.]40
[Alice's Supper.]42
[Toddlekins.]45
[Bobbily Boo And Wollypotump.]46
[Sleepyland.]46
[Little Brown Bobby.]48
[Phil's Secret.]49
[A Song For Hal.]50
[The Fairies.]51
[The Queen Of The Orkney Islands.]54
[Baby's Ways.]56
[Pot And Kettle.]57
[Punkydoodle And Jollapin.]58
[Mrs. Snipkin And Mrs. Wobblechin.]59
[My Sunbeams.]61
[In The Closet.]62
[Bed-time.]64
[Bird-song.]65
[Geographi.]66
[Higgledy-piggledy.]69
[Belinda Blonde.]70
[Tommy's Dream; Or, The Geography Demon.]71
[Polly's Year.]74
[What The Robins Sing In The Morning.]75
[The Eve Of The Glorious Fourth.]75
[The Dandy Cat.]78
[A Party.]80
[Jumbo Jee.]81
[An Indian Ballad.]82
[The Egg.]84
[Wouldn't.]86
[Will-o'-the-wisp.]86
[Nonsense Verses.]87
[An Old Rat's Tale.]88
[To The Little Girl Who Wriggles.]89
[The Forty Little Ducklings.]90
[The Mouse.]92
[A Valentine.]93
[Jamie In The Garden.]94
[Somebody's Boy (Not Mine).]96
[Bogy.]96
[The Mermaidens.]97
[The Phrisky Phrog.]98
[The Ambitious Chicken.]100
[The Boy And The Brook.]102
[The Shark.]103
[The Easter Hen.]105
[Pump And Planet.]106
[The Postman.]108
[Hopsy Upsy.]109
[Little Black Monkey.]110
[Jippy And Jimmy.]112
[Master Jack's Song.]113
[Mother Rosebush.]115
[The Five Little Princesses.]116
[The Hornet And The Bee.]117
[The Three Little Chickens Who Went Out To Tea, And The Elephant.]119
[A Legend Of Lake Okeefinokee.]122
[Grandpapa's Valentine.]124
[Alibazan.]125
[The Three Fishers.]127
[Peepsy.]129
[May Song.]130
[Two Little Valentines.]133
[A Howl About An Owl.]134
[Our Celebration.]135
[The Song Of The Corn-popper.]136
[What Bobby Said.]137
[Master Jack's Views.]138
[Emily Jane.]140
[Song Of The Mother Whose Children Are Fond Of Drawing.]141
[The Seven Little Tigers And The Aged Cook.]143
[Agamemnon.]145
[The Wedding.]148
[Swing Song.]149
[The Little Cossack.]150
[What A Very Rude Little Bird Said To Johnny This Morning.]152
[The Monkeys And The Crocodile.]153
[Painted Ladies]155
[Some Fishy Nonsense.]153
[Lady's Slipper.]159
[A Little Song To Sing To A Little Maid In A Swing.]161
[Betty In Blossom-time.]163
[Betty's Song.]164
[A Nonsense Tragedy.]165
[From New York To Boston.]168
[Sandy Godolphin.]170
[My Clock.]171
[My Uncle Jehoshaphat.]173
[Rosy Posy.]174
[Sick-room Fancies.]
[I. My Wall Paper.]175
[Ii. My Japanese Fan.]177
[Marjorie's Knitting.]179
[He And His Family.]182
[Easter-time.]183
[Easter.]184
[Jacky Frost.]185
[Subtraction.]186
[Grandfather Dear.]187
[Gathering Apples.]188
[The Ballad Of The Beach.]190
[The Boots Of A Household.]194
[The Palace]196
[Bunker Hill Monument.]198
[May.]199
[Gregory Griggs.]201
[A Nursery Tragedy.]202
[The Umbrella Brigade]205
[The Princess In Saturn And The Red Man In Mars.]207
[Wiggle And Waggle And Bubble And Squeak.]212
[Gret Gran'f'ther.]213
[Day Dreams]218
[The Battle.]222
[The Strange Beast.]222
[A Garden Jingle.]225
[The Baby Goes To Boston.]226
[The Flag In The Schoolroom.]228
[Johnny Jump-up.]229
[The Outlandishman.]230
[A Sleigh-ride.]231
[The Little Gnome]232
[The Little Dutchess]236